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No One Sings About Kalamazoo Anymore
Where have all the city songs gone?
Aug 27 • Chris Dalla Riva
Fantano vs. Christgau
The Great Music Critic Debate
Aug 20 • Chris Dalla Riva
When The Beatles Sucked
All You Need is Hate
Aug 13 • Chris Dalla Riva
Is Nepotism Real?
Or, a meditation on Stella Lefty
Jul 30 • Chris Dalla Riva
When Radio Died
I'm so sorry, Marconi
Jul 23 • Chris Dalla Riva
Adapt or Die: How Country Took Rap’s Place Atop The Charts
Or, how pop went from the streets to the farm
Jun 25 • Eric
The Rock Hall Was Never Just About Rock
And that's okay
May 28 • Chris Dalla Riva
Settling the Greatest Guitar Solo Debate
Or, just making you angrier
May 14 • Chris Dalla Riva
Bless the Twang Down in Africa
Because country doesn't just belong to America
Apr 23 • Chris Dalla Riva
When the Rock Hall is Wrong
... and right
Apr 16 • Chris Dalla Riva
Some Artists are Bad at Picking Singles
I'm looking at you, Taylor Swift
Apr 9 • Chris Dalla Riva
The Piano Bar Teaches Us What Music Lives and Dies
Sing us a song, you're the piano man
Mar 12 • Chris Dalla Riva and Jesse Rifkin
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